Students and Collaborators

Derek T. Anderson
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona
I received my BA from Penn State (2003) and MA from the University of Wyoming (2007) and have participated in CRM and academic fieldwork for over ten years, primarily in the Northeast, Southeast, and Rocky Mountain regions. My main interests focus on the archaeology and territoriality of hunter-gatherers, specifically resource use (faunal and lithic) and mobility during the late Pleistocene in North America, as well as cave and rockshelter archaeology, spatial analysis, and geoarchaeology.

Francis Auld
Cultural Preservation Officer, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Jesse Ballenger, PhD
PI/Senior Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc.
Research interests: geochronology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, stable isotopes, lithic technology, zooarchaeology, human colonization, hunter-gatherers, landscape studies, quantitative methods.

R. Christopher Basaldú, PhD
PhD, Anthropology/American Indian Studies, University of Arizona

Brandi Bethke
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Brenda Bowser, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Cal State Fullerton

Fletcher Chmara-Huff
Lecturer, Ohio State University

Samrat Clements
Research Technician, University of Arizona
Samrat Clements has been Dr. Zedeño's research assistant for over five years, in addition to providing logistical support for projects and other activities. She received her BA in History from the University of Arizona in 2007.

Elgin Crows Breast
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Three Affiliated Tribes

Benjamin Curry
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Elizabeth Cutright-Smith
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Mike Evans, PhD
Chief, Ethnography Program, National Park Service, Midwest Region
Senior Cultural Anthropologist, National Park Service, Midwest Region

James Feathers, PhD
Director, University of Washington Luminescence Lab

Dale Fenner, Sr.
Blackfeet Tribe

Dale Fenner, Jr.
Documentarian, Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office

Brett Fessell
Inland Fish & Wildlife Biologist, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Vania Fletcher
Planner, City of Phoenix

Calvin Grinnell
Mandan and Hidatsa historian

Kacy Hollenback
PhD candidate in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Lauren Jelinek
PhD candidate in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Lauren Jelinek is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include historical archaeology, colonialism, exchange networks, oral history, ethnohistory, and identity in the borderlands.

Rob Jones
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Robert Kelly
Director of the Frison Institute, University of Wyoming
Professor of Archaeology, University of Wyoming

Jason LaBelle
Professor of Archaeology, Colorado State University

Nick Laluk
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Research Interests: Apache Archaeology, Apache Ethnohistory, Collaboration, Indigenous Archaeology, Repatriation, American Indian Law and Policy, Heritage Preservation and Conservation, Oral Tradition and History, Southwestern Archaeology, Historical-Period Archaeology, American Indian Sovereignty

Craig Lee
Research Director, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Research Scientist, University of Colorado

Shane Miller
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Kaitlyn Moore
Masters student in Anthropology (Archaeology concentration), University of Arizona
I received my BA in Anthropology and History from the College of William & Mary (2010) in Williamsburg, VA. My research interests include applied anthropology, ethnohistory, historical archaeology, the fur trade, colonialism, and culture contact.

Carol Murray
Tribal History Project Director, Blackfeet Community College

John Murray
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Blackfeet Tribe

Wendi Field Murray
PhD candidate in Anthropology, University of Arizona
Research Interests: Collaborative/applied archaeology, cultural landscapes, NAGPRA, public archaeology, cultural resource management, ethnography, agency and materiality

Hector Neff
Professor of Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach

Matthew Pailes
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona

Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, PhD
Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology, University of Arizona
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona

William T. Reitze
PhD candidate in Anthropology, University of Arizona
I received my BS degree from the University of New Mexico (2002) and my MA degree from Colorado State University (2004). I have worked on field projects throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, as well as Spain. My current interests focus on Paleoindian groups and how they interact with the landscape and environment. Specific research interests include geoarchaeology, landscape evolution, mobility, resource use, and the history of archaeology.

Christopher Roos, PhD
Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Southern Methodist University

Tyson Runningwolf
Fire Management Officer, Blackfeet Tribe

Alex K. Ruuska, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northern Michigan University

Ursula Schittko, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology, Minot State University

Jerome Smith
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe

Richard Stoffle, PhD
Research Anthropologist, University of Arizona
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona

Marijke Stoll
PhD student in Anthropology, University of Arizona
My childhood fascination with landscapes has developed into a full-blown obsession with human interactions and recursive relationships with places, marked or otherwise. Having been raised in a heathen household, I am also, curiously enough, interested in religion, ritual, and the efficacious impact of belief on social relationships of power. By investigating the ontological logic of ball courts and their emplacement in a social landscape in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaxa, I am bringing these interests together in (hopefully) exciting theoretical ways, with the goal of developing practical archaeological applications that would answer my multitude of questions.
The extra bonus is that I get to hang out in Oaxaca, platicando with the Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Chochos, Mixes, and all the wonderful, beautiful people of this great state.
You can check out my Oaxacan adventures at http://randomatom.blogspot.com.

Keith Tatsey
Co-chair and Instructor, Natural Resource Department, Blackfeet Community College

Terry Tatsey
Land Grant Director, Blackfeet Community College

Becky Timmons
Forest Archaeologist, Kootenai National Forest

Rebecca Toupal, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, University of Arizona

Lea Whitford
Blackfeet Studies Department Chair, Blackfeet Community College

Lola Wippert
Grants Manager and Instructor, Blackfeet Community College

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